Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 966c1c8083b13524…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-23 01:22:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f68a6b3f1c69474e97ecb7df6f655850 SHA-1: 1a9344816dfdbf06b8616c3bc5118cbce0ea570c SHA-256: 966c1c8083b13524d5d2bec54dce366819d5c6916109c98fb3337c82e49f8cd4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fifa+2018+apk+and+obb+file+download PDF link annotation
    • https://wigs4less.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/56700868232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrons.com/uploaded/file/1790940701613730a4569b3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/volemowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/gapezivoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozycornerexpress.com/uploads/files/7440574352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/27333527401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundreamz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57454184799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hypotekaprezamestnancov.sk/res/file/xitaxumufajexegezara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://temporar.mirceaseminee.ro/printuri-fi/files/11323716599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/84540770541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newegys.egyseg.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guxipofuzuvotabogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/xizudikilizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/108a889da52ee05247ef04d443a754f4/84476882803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurdua.com/contents/files/banozura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/7653613963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614715fc6854e---kisodigowaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/migamutusor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjhtractor.com/d/files/tidugutoboposepariri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00n9b098igmednuoemfc5qm7cc/jovadesaxoridokivujexiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/8578497594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dayuntang.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210904180341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhthuan.asia/upload/files/4555210007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ee5ece5f5---kuvenarojiranazopiwoloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11086621740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d838.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD838 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 8ce0d6f26e3fa95e8ca8566ea8cd078b90de01a6d1b9b2084269a1a1f534f776
font_01_sfnt_off0001051e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1051E 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 3914d10e21ae45adfd6efe27e8a27b6eda157cb82a2a9445db767c1bdf0bf8af
font_02_sfnt_off00011e61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E61 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1